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Industrial Engineer, Cell Manufacturing Quality

Tesla
Austin, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 5/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/21/2026
What To Expect
Tesla is looking for a highly motivated engineer, experienced with Industrial Engineering methodologies, to drive continuous improvement initiatives within the Cell Manufacturing team at Gigafactory Texas. As an Industrial Engineer, you will support a world-class manufacturing program from the ground up. You will initiate and energize the corrective action and continuous improvement culture at Gigafactory Texas to the highest levels of performance in safety, quality, cost, and growth.

The ideal candidate will excel in a demanding and fast-paced environment where they will work as part of a strong, agile, and highly motivated team to accomplish some of the most ambitious projects being attempted in any industry today. The candidate will be able to think at a systems level about ambiguous problems and use strong logic and computation to develop improvement and operational strategies. A successful applicant will have the ability to quantify ambiguous problems to drive data-based decisions.

Working from within the Quality Operations team, this role demands excellent communication and interpersonal skills to support Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality Systems teams.

What You'll Do

  • Perform Takt time assessments, line balancing acts, value-stream mapping and cause and effect diagrams to identify areas for improvement
  • Apply Six Sigma, Kaizen, Lean, value analysis, and value engineering tools to implement continuous improvement practices
  • Implement industrial engineering and lean manufacturing practices to deliver the project savings, quality, safety, and productivity improvements required by leadership
  • Work with cross-functional teams including process engineering, equipment engineering and maintenance teams to support on-going projects
  • Develop and deliver technical training to all production personnel (8D, Kaizen, DMAIC, lean principles)
  • Design and optimize manufacturing layout incorporating material flow and headcount allocation
  • Work with manufacturing engineers to design and iterate on manufacturing processes
  • Perform Basic MOST analysis of process to project cycle times
  • Calculate inline and interline buffers to optimize production
  • Work with factory simulation/modeling teams to validate line capacities, develop flow paths and aisle sizing for products, raw materials, and work in progress


  • What You'll Bring

  • Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 2 years of industrial, manufacturing, or mechanical engineering experience
  • 2 years leading cross-functional teams in a production environment
  • Certified Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Knowledge of 5S, lean manufacturing and 6-Sigma principles
  • Proven track record of leading successful continuous improvement projects
  • Experience mentoring/training engineers. technicians, and shop floor personnel in continuous improvement fundamentals
  • Knowledge in OEE, capacity planning, cycle time analysis (Basic MOST) and line balancing
  • Experience doing the detailed analysis necessary to make data driven decisions on factory layout design, production line design or warehouse design


  • Benefits
    Compensation and Benefits
    Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
  • Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
  • Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
  • Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
  • Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
  • Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
  • Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
  • Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
  • Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
  • Tesla Babies program
  • Commuter benefits
  • Employee discounts and perks program


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